New Zealand mudsnail in the Western USA

Research

The 5th New Zealand mudsnail in the Western USA Conference was held at the University of California, Davis campus, California on June 27-28, 2007. Some of the presentations and posters are now available on that page.

Potamopyrgus antipodarum: Interactions with macroinvertebrates and fish by Billie Kerans, Bavid Richards and Chelsea Cada (Power Point), (pdf)
New Zealand mudsnails- Utah inventories and fish digestibility by Mark Vinson. (Power Point), (pdf).
Snail search Protocals (Power Point), (pdf)

Snake River Hells Canyon mollusk survey by Richards et al. February 2005.
The Occurrence and Distributions of New Zealand mudsnail (Potamapyrgus antipodarus) in Utah by Mark Vinson, September 2004.
PhD dissertation of David Richards, Nov 2004: "Competition between the threatened Bliss Rapids Snail,Taylorconcha serpenticola(Hershler et al.) and the invasive, aquatic snail,Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray)" (PDF)
Master's thesis of Chelsea Cada, Aug 2004: "Interactions between the invasive snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum, baetid mayflies, and fish predators" (MS Word) (PDF)
Simple control method to limit spread of New Zealand mudsnail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum by Richards, O'Connell, and Shinn, accepted by the North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Spatial distribution of three snail species, including the invader Potamopyrgus antipodarum, in a freshwater spring by Richards, Cazier and Lester, 2001
Survey of the invasive New Zealand mudsnail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum in the Silver Creek drainage in and around The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve, Idaho, USA, by Richards and Lester (PDF) (MS Word)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest article on Potamopyrgus
Potamopyrgus in the Colorado Food web, an annual report by Shannon, Benenati, Kloeppel, and Richards

2002 FEB 9, last updated on 2007 NOV 05